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Overview

Call Number: SC0646

Creator:
Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.

Title: Thomas Welton Stanford Library time capsule collection

Dates: 1886-1898

Physical Description:
2 Linear feet

Summary: Collection consists of the items placed in the time capsule by Jane L. Stanford and interred at the cornerstone laying of
the library on November 2, 1898. Included are university circulars and registers, entrance exams, commencement programs, photograph
of T. W. Stanford, letter by Jane L. Stanford, Bible, crucifix, newspapers of the day, and coins.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.

Cite As

Thomas Welton Stanford Library Time Capsule Collection (SC0646). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Historical Note

Thomas Welton Stanford, Leland Stanford's younger brother, reassigned half of his bequest from Leland Stanford's will to Jane
Stanford, who used the funds to build a new library. It was one of the first buildings to be completed in the construction
of the outer Quadrangle.

Description of the Collection

Collection consists of the items placed in the time capsule by Jane L. Stanford and interred at the cornerstone laying of
the library on November 2, 1898. Included are university circulars and registers, entrance exams, commencement programs, photograph
of T. W. Stanford, letter by Jane L. Stanford, Bible, crucifix, newspapers of the day, and coins.

Access Terms

Stanford University -- General subdivision--History.;

Stanford University. Libraries.

Stanford, Thomas Welton, 1832-1918.

Collection Contents

Time Capsule items

Note

The original copper box that held these items is cataloged under the number AM-2002-27.

Box 1, Folder 1

Circulars 1-4 Circulars 1 and 2 (1891) : Act of the Legislature, Grant of Endowment, Address of Leland Stanford, First Meeting
of the Trustees, Laying of the Comer-Stone
1891

Box 1, Folder 1

Circular 3 (1891) : Statement of entrance requirements and of other matters preliminary to the organization of the work of
instruction for the first year of the university
1891

Box 1, Folder 1

Circular 4 (1891) : Announcement of the faculty of the university and an outline of the courses of instruction offered for
the academic year 1891-92
1891